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Egypts President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated on Saturday several development projects in the East Suez Canal development zone in northern Ismailia, including tunnels and two floating bridges to facilitate commercial and civilian access to Sinai and the East Suez Canal Development Zone.
The inauguration was attended by Minister of Defence Sedky Sobhy, head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohamed Mamish, Ismailias Governor Yasseen Taher, and Ibrahim Mahlab, the presidents adviser on national development projects.
The East Suez Canal development project, which is part of the larger Suez Canal development plans, was launched in 2015. The project aims to develop major residential and industrial centres in the central Suez Canal governorate of Ismailia.
Ahmed Fouda, the deputy head of the Armed Forces engineering authority, which oversaw the projects since their inception in 2015, said the projects were accomplished by several Egyptian companies, including Petrojet, Orascom and Arab Contractors.
The president described the completion of the construction of the tunnels in less than one-and-a-half years, instead of the initial estimate of 12 years, as an achievement.
Fouda said one tunnel in northern Ismailia connecting Egypt`s northwestern city of Salloum to the vital North Sinai Al-Awja road is 5,820 metres in length.
He explained that 4,830 metres...